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To Compound or Not to Compound? That is the Question! FDA has issued two guidance documents today (here) and (here) that outline the FDA’s interim enforcement policy relative to the use of bulk drug substances in outsourcing facilities and/or pharmacy compounding. The Agency identifies the historical evolution of the list of bulk drug substances acceptable for use […]
FDA published a new draft Guidance entitled, “Selection of the Appropriate Package Type Terms and Recommendations for Labeling Injectable Medical Products Packaged in Multiple-Dose, Single-Dose, and Single-Patient-Use Containers for Human Use”. This draft Guidance adds to the two specific terms that FDA has long use for parenteral products – single-dose container and multiple-dose container- but they have even tweaked those terms
Complete Response Letters (CRLs) (remember those letters where FDA was going to respond all at once with Division level review and you were not going to get any more discipline specific letters?) are a harbinger of “approval issues that are too great to resolve through other means”. Yes, that’s right, expect a CRL if issues are complex or too vexing to permit approval.
Partial updates to the Generic Activity Report for FY 2015 were recently published and, while we see a recent surge of approvals, the number of Complete Response Letters (CRLs) issued appears to be flat across all of the first three GDUFA Cohort years.
The Office of Generic Drugs (OGD) is evolving as the GDUFA process is gaining steam, and the pieces are coming together regarding coordination of reviews, and as efficiency in the review and approval process improves. Here are some interesting facts that have come out of OGD
With October 1, 2015 signaling the start of cohort year 4 of the GDUFA program, the receipt and approval numbers are in the book for first three years of the program. Let’s take a look at the numbers to see where we may be heading.
In a Federal Register (FR) Notice today (here) , FDA has indicated that a long-held practice of requiring the submission of actual or printers proof of final printed labeling (FPL) will no longer be required for ANDA approval, and that OGD will accept draft labeling for approval purposes.
The Office of Generic Drugs (OGD) approved 61 ANDAs in the month of September to close out fiscal year (FY) 2015 on a high note.
Many of you reading this blog may not remember the Star Trek “Replicator”. In the Trek far future, members of the crew, when hungry, would simply walk up to this device and key in what they wanted to eat. The Replicator would then build a suitable, tasty meal by mixing the right combinations of materials. […]
